In this special episode, Kate and Katherine seek out advice from the best as they both prepare to launch brand new books for kids. They are delighted to be chatting with author, illustrator and current Australian Children's Laureate, Sally Rippin. How to launch a MG book and why it's different from launching an adult book, the … Continue reading Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin talks kid lit with Katherine & Kate
It's been awhile since we've been in your ears, listeners! Back for a moment with this bonus episode from Sydney Writers Festival. Hopefully you've been partaking of many pods, including Katherine's spin off project The Next Step which you can listen back to in the archive. If you're in Melbourne and keen to hear Kate … Continue reading First Time Live at SWF with Melanie Saward, James Colley & Charlotte Wood
Our Featured Book this week is Untethered by debut novelist, Ayesha Inoon. This segment is brought to you by Harper Collins. Ayesha Inoon is a Sri Lankan-Australian writer with a unique cultural perspective, which she brings to her writing. Born in Colombo, she travelled widely and worked as a journalist in Sri Lanka before immigrating … Continue reading Kate & Katherine catch up PLUS Featured Book UNTETHERED by Ayesha Inoon
Maggie Shipstead is the New York Times-bestselling author of the novels Seating Arrangements, Astonish Me, and Great Circle, and the winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize and the L.A. Times Book Prize for First Fiction. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, a former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford, and the recipient of … Continue reading Maggie Shipstead on awe, detail & leaps of faith
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